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. 2020 Feb 28;11:47. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00047

Table 4A.

Patient characteristics.

Patients characteristics At 2 year P-value
Euthyroidism (n = 41) Hypothyroidism (n = 20)
Sex (female, %) 73.2% 80% 0.791
Treatment method (PSL, %) 29.3% 5% 0.066
Age (year) 43.7 ± 9.1 44.8 ± 9.7 0.695
43.78
Initial levels of FT3 (pmol/L) 7.6 ± 2.9 7.3 (5.8–10.1) 0.419
Initial levels of FT4 (pmol/L) 22.6 ± 8.0 23.4 (16.0–30.5) 0.510
Initial levels of TSH (mIU/L) 0.014 (0.004–0.170) 0.020 (0.005–0.604) 0.424
Initial levels of TPOAb (IU/mL) 1.2 (0.5–9.3) 0.6 (0.5–8.4) 0.901
Initial levels of TgAb (IU/mL) 7.8 (2.4–22.2) 5.4 (2.6–23.5) 0.752
Maximal FT3b (pmol/L) 7.7 (6.0–10.5) 9.3 ± 4.1 0.500
Maximal FT4b (pmol/L) 25.3 ± 8.7 27.6(21.0–33.2) 0.293
Minimal TSHb (mIU/L) 0.009 (0.003–0.043) 0.005 (0.004–0.173) 0.933
Maximal TSHb (mIU/L) 4.5 (2.6–7.7) 17.1 (8.3–70.5) 0.000
Maximal ESRb (mmH2O) 54.5 (44.0–77.3) 58.0 ± 32.2 0.661
ESR recovery time (day) 57.4 ± 39.5 59.1 ± 48.1 0.893